Expansion of Harvard University Center for Population Studies

CENTER"S PROG IN POP ECONOMICS & SOCIOLOGY WILL BE STRENGTHENED -- PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FACULTY, EXPANDED CURRICULUM & INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOTH LDC STUDENTS OF PUBLIC ADMIN & AMERICAN STUDENTS OF INTERNATL DEVLPMNT. NEW FACULTY APPOINTMENTS WILL INCLUDE A SENIOR DEMOGRAPHER, 2 VISITING PROFESSORS & 2 ASSISTANT PROFESSORS IN POP ECONOMICS & IN SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHY, AND 2 POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES. TOTAL OF 17 NEW COURSES & SEMINARS ARE PROPOSED,EMPHASIZING THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS: 1)IMPACT OF POP CHANGE ON SOCIAL & ECONOMIC DEVLPMNT; 2)NATURE,USE & LIMITATIONS OF DEMOGRAPHIC DATA AND PROJECTIONS FOR ECONOMIC & SOCIAL PLNNG; 3)ETHICAL,CULTURAL & RELIGIOUS CONSIDERATIONS RELATED TO POPULATION POLICY; 4) QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF POP CHANGE; AND 5)BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF FERTILITY CONTROL FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE ADMINISTRATOR & THE SOCIAL SCIENTIST. EXPANDED PROG WILL PERMIT STUDENTS ENROLLED IN MASTERS & PHD PROGS IN THE KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVT TO FOCUS ON POP PROBLEMS BY TAKING COURSES IN POP ECONOMICS & SOCIOLOGY,AND,IN THE CASE OF PHD CANDIDATES,BY DOING RESEARCH IN THE FIELD. PROJ WILL SUPPORT TOTAL OF 7 LDC SCHOLARS YEARLY--3 FROM THE KENNEDY SCHOOL & 3 FROM THE POPULATION CENTER. LDC UNIVERSITY INSTRUCTORS IN ECON & SOCIOLOGY WILL ALSO BE RECRUITED BY THE CENTER. IN ADDITION TO THE LONG-TERM FELLOWS,THE CENTER WILL ACCOMODATE STUDENTS FROM THE BOSTON AREA AS WELL AS STUDENTS FROM OTHER SCHOOLS AT HARVARD. FIELD RESEARCH PROGS ARE CURRENTLY PLNND IN INDIA,PAKISTAN & TAIWAN. RESEARCHERS WILL EMPLOY METHODS OF SYSTMS ANALYSIS & MODERN COMPUTER MATH TO STUDY INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN POPS & THEIR RESOURCES. RESEARCHERS WILL ALSO ENDEAVOR TO DETERMINE THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS OF INTRODICING POP TEACHING INTO LDC EDUC INSTITUTIONS. ON REQUEST,CENTER WILL PROVIDE DIRECT RESEARCH & TECH SERVICES TO AID/W & IN THE FIELD. PRIMARY BENEFICIARIES ARE THE FUTURE LDC PUBLIC ADMIN OFFICIALS.